Hedge-fence



(No Model.)

ls. K. BAHN. HEDGE FENCE.

Patened Nov. 1, 1881.

' WITNESSES.-

ATTORNEY N. PETERSA Prwwulhugmphen washingwmp. CA

in Hedge-Fences, of which the 3o series of sprouts set as shown in Fig. 2.

FFICE,

PATENT SAMUEL K. BAHN, OF WEST ELKTON, OHIO.

HEDGE- FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming `part of Letters Patent No. 248,950, dated November 1, 1881.

Application tiled April 5, 1881.

T o all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL K. HAHN, of NVcst Elkton, Preble county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements following is a specification.

In the. accom panyingdrawings, Figurel rcpresents a hedge-fence constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 exhibits the 1o method ot' setting sprout; and Fig. 3 is a plan ot' the i'ence, showing location ot' uprights.

In Fig. 2, A is one ofthe hedge-sprouts. It is inclined at any desired angle. The inclination, instead of being produced by bending the sprout during growth, is produced by setting it originally at the angle desired. The growth will then be at such angle. The tendency to straighten is further guarded against by cut- 2o ting away the roots of the sprout, bet'ore setting, on the side of the sprout which is to be upward. llhe growth ot'such sprouts develops no openings at the base, as is done by sprouts bent during growth. Thelatter kind of sprouts z5 have a vertical growth andan angular strain.

rIhe vertical portion growing below the bend results, finally, in a base-opening through the t'ence. v

As shown in Fig. 1, the fence is formed of a At proper intervals a sprout, B, is set and trained to grow vertically.

These vertical sprouts B (No model.)

form posts which the inclined sprouts will pass, as shown. The inclined sprouts A maybe attached in any suitable manner and by any suitable device to such vertical sprouts or posts B as they may pass. The vertical sprouts or posts B are alternately set upon either side ot' the row ot' inclined sprouts, as shown in Fig. 3. The tops of the inclined sprouts may be attached to or interwoven with each other, as at E in Fig. 1. The inclined sprouts A will iutergrow into a compact and substantial fence even in the absence of the vertical sprouts B, or any artificial attachment to each other or to any support. The only strain metby the growth ofthe inclined sprouts is that due to the gravity of the sprouts.

I claim as my inventioninclined growth of sprouts which consists in cutting away the roots upon one side of the sprout and setting the sprout in the soil at an inclination with the rootless side uppermost, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 2. Hedge-fences formed of sprouts having their roots cut away on one side and set at an inclination in the soil with their rootless sides uppermost, sub tantially as and for the purpose set forth.

y SAMUEL K. BAHN.

Witnesses: l

J. W. SEE, JOHN LORENZ.

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